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Clash of Residential and Industry in Barrio Logan

Barrio Logan is a dockside neighborhood in San Diego, where for generations the maritime industry and homes have coexisted. A new controversial rezoning plan aims to separate the uses.
12 October 2011 - 10:00am
Voice of San Diego

A Sixth Borough in NYC

Mayor Bloomberg has revealed plans to transform New York City's waterfront, calling it a sixth borough. The city envisions new parks, piers, and promenades across the entire city's waterfront.
15 March 2011 - 1:00pm
DNAInfo

Waterfront Development Plan for Queens, NYC Revealed

Phase One of the Hunter's Point South waterfront development is set to begin as Mayor Bloomberg unveils details of the plan.
23 February 2011 - 7:00am
Gothamist

Largest Single Project in Boston's History Approved

The new 23-acre Seaport Square in the South Boston waterfront district will bring a mix of uses and ample parkland to a former railroad property.
19 October 2010 - 2:00pm
The Architect's Newspaper
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A Drastic New Life For Baltimore's Middle Branch Shoreline

Baltimore's Middle Branch waterfront has sat unused for years, since its recent decline as an industrial hub. But a developer has a new plan to drastically remake the 52-acre shoreline.
20 May 2010 - 8:00am
The Architect's Newspaper

Auckland to Become "Party City" for Rugby World Cup

Already criticized for its sprawl, the largest city in New Zealand is putting on its game face as it prepares to host its largest sporting event ever - the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
10 March 2010 - 6:00am
The New Zealand Herald

Music Shapes the Landscape

Landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy collaborated with cellist Yo-Yo Ma to design a waterfront park in Toronto. Bach's First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello served as inspiration.
4 January 2010 - 9:00am
ASLA's The Dirt blog
Jeffrey Barg

Class Conscience: When Is Clean-Slate Planning Okay?

Mon, 11/09/2009 - 05:44
My classmate was up in front of everyone, flapping and flailing, pleading his case and getting shot down at every turn. It was a bit like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

It was also kind of like looking in the mirror.

I’m just more than halfway through a planning school studio project working on the beautiful (no, really) Lower Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. They’ve teamed up about 15 planner/urban designers with about 45 landscape architects, who, as I mentioned last time, are reasonably bonkers. That was about a month and a half ago; since then, I’ve begun to think maybe I’m the one needing a room with padded walls.

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A Call for More Docks on the Hudson

Cities along the Hudson River in New York are pushing plans to build more docks along the waterfront.
20 October 2009 - 9:00am
The New York Times

Turning Infrastructure into Amenity

Jeffersonville, Indiana is proposing to turn a district with a bad flooding problem into a beautiful canal with a pedestrian promenade.
19 October 2009 - 6:00am
The Architect's Newspaper
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Public Space Starting Small On Philadelphia's Waterfront

A competition to redesign Philadelphia's Pier 11 represents a concentrated -- and viable -- effort to create quality public space along the city's waterfront, according to Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron.
28 June 2009 - 1:00pm
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Is River Setback "An Illegal Taking"?

Philadelphia's City Council has approved two new measures that would preserve historic buildings along the Delaware River and require 100 ft. green setbacks. Some developers are protesting the ruling, saying it amounts to an illegal taking.
22 June 2009 - 11:00am
Philadelphia Inquirer

A New Vision for Delaware Waterfront

The executive director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission says that the zoning "overlay" of the central Delaware waterfront will be replaced by a new master plan in 12 to 16 months.
5 June 2009 - 6:00am
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Debate Over How 'Smart' Waterfront Housing Plan Can Be

Plans to build a 12,000 home waterfront development on the San Francisco Bay have some environmentalists up in arms. But the developers claim the project will exemplify "smart growth".
14 May 2009 - 11:00am
San Jose Mercury News

Hong Kong Sprawls Into the Ocean

One man's personal quest to save the beauty of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor from rampant development.
4 September 2008 - 9:00am
The Christian Science Monitor

Hercules Backs 'New', 'Smart' Waterfront

Plans for a "new urbanist/smart growth" development on the waterfront of the San Francisco Bay Area town of Hercules has received unanimous approval from the city council, eliminating the need for inclusion on the November ballot.
28 July 2008 - 5:00am
The Contra Costa Times

Tiny Monaco Using Stilts to Expand

The second-smallest country in the world (after the Vatican) has plans to expand its territory by building more land on stilts in an idea inspired by oil rigs.
16 June 2008 - 12:00pm
The Guardian
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